abscess

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin abscessus (“a going away; gathering of humors, abscess”), from abscēdō (“go away, depart”), from abs (“away from”) + cēdō (“go”). See cede.

PronunciationEdit

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæbˌsɛs/, /ˈæbˌsɪs/

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NounEdit

abscess (plural abscesses)

1. (pathology) A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue. [First attested in the mid 16^th century.]

Derived termsEdit

• cold abscess

Related termsEdit

• boil
• carbuncle
• pustule

TranslationsEdit

cavity filled with pus

• Bashkir: шеш (šeš), шешек (šešek)
• Bulgarian: абсцес (absces), цирей (cirej)
• Catalan: abscés m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 膿腫 (zh), 脓肿 (zh) (nóngzhǒng)

• Czech: absces (cs) m, hnisavý vřed m
• Dutch: abces (nl) n, etterbuil (nl) m, ettergezwel n
• Esperanto: absceso (eo)
• Finnish: paise (fi), märkäpesäke, absessi (fi)
• French: abcès (fr) m
• German: Abszess (de) m, Eiterbeule f
• Greek: απόστημα (el) n (apóstima)
• Haitian Creole: apse m
• Hungarian: tályog (hu), kelés (hu)
• Icelandic: kýli (is) n
• Ido: abceso (io)
• Interlingua: abscesso
• Irish: easpa f
• Italian: ascesso (it) m

• Japanese: 膿瘍 (ja) (nōyō), はれもの (ja) (haremono)
• Korean: 농양 (nongyang)
• Malay: bisul, abses (ms)
• Maltese: pustuletta
• Maori: tāpoa, whēwhē, maiao, tuma
• Norman: abcès m
• Polish: ropień (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: abscesso (pt) m
• Romanian: abces (ro) n
• Russian: гнойни́к (ru) m (gnojník), гнойничо́к (ru) m (gnojničók) (diminutive), нары́в (ru) m (narýv), абсце́сс (ru) m (abscéss)
• Scottish Gaelic: neasgaid f
• Spanish: absceso (es) m, flemón (es) m (gums)
• Swedish: abscess (sv) c
• Tagalog: naknak
• Turkish: apse (tr)
• Vietnamese: Áp-xe
• Westrobothnian: burning f, bód m
• Yiddish: געשוויר‎‎ n (geshvir)

VerbEdit

abscess (third-person singular simple present abscesses, present participle abscessing, simple past and past participle abscessed)

1. (intransitive) To form a pus filled cavity typically from an infection.

TranslationsEdit

to form an abscess

• Dutch: een abces vormen
• Finnish: märkiä (fi)
• French: abcéder (fr)

• Ido: abceseskar
• Portuguese: absceder (pt)
• Spanish: absceder

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SwedishEdit

NounEdit

abscess c

1. (pathology) abscess

DeclensionEdit

Declension of abscess
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	abscess	abscessen	abscesser	abscesserna
Genitive	abscess	abscessens	abscessers	abscessernas

SynonymsEdit

• böld